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Q: My wife and I are looking to purchase a 2010 RAV 4 V6. However, we have concerns about the gas mileage after reading various blogs indicating people were getting between 15 and 18 mpg while paying "close attention" to their driving habits....

HONG KONG - Local films, including Cannes-bound "The Target," opened strongly at the beginning of the Labor Day holiday weekend in South Korea.
"Fatal Encounter," an 18th century tale of two rival assassins, comfortably topped the box office and...

SAN JOSE — A federal jury has handed a symbolic victory to Samsung by ordering the South Korean smartphone maker to pay only a fraction of the damages that Apple had requested in the rivals' high-profile patent trial.
After several days of...

The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are like the Coke and Pepsi of U.S. maritime transportation.
They seem similar, they dominate the competition but they have a long history of less-than-friendly rivalry. Now, an independent commission's proposal...

Women's clothing retailer Coldwater Creek Inc. on Friday filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after failing to find a buyer said it plans to close its stores by early summer.
Coldwater Creek joins other retailers to seek protection from creditors in recent months as consumers keep a lid on spending.
The company said it plans to wind down its operations over the coming months and begin going-out-of-business sales in early May, before the traditionally busy Mother's Day weekend.
Coldwater Creek said it has...

LONDON -- Leading German media company Constantin Medien has reported that 2013 was a "difficult" year, despite releasing the year's most-watched film in Germany, "Fack ju Goehte."
Revenue stood at Euros 458.3 million ($630 million), 12% below the previous year, and profit from operations (EBIT) dropped to Euros 8.3 million ($11.4 million), compared with 2012's Euros 21.6 million ($30 million). Earnings attributable to shareholders recorded a loss of Euros 10.7 million ($14.7 million), compared with...

RTL Group's German division, Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland, continues to perform solidly with the right mixture of hit scripted fare, both homegrown and imported, and hugely popular entertainment and formats.
In 2013, RTL's German channels, RTL Television, Vox, RTL II, Super RTL, RTL Nitro and news outlet N-TV attracted a combined 30.6% of the 14-59 demo (an age range the broadcaster expanded last year from its original target demo of 14-49), putting them 5.4 percentage points ahead of rival ProSiebenSat....

For Republicans roaring into the midterm election, the last few weeks have brought a wave of good news. President Obama's poll numbers continue to hover in the 40s. Democrats' hopes of holding the Senate look slimmer by the day. And the GOP heralded last week's win in Florida's special congressional election as evidence that their anti-Obamacare strategy is working.
But some Republican strategists and donors fear that buoyant mood spells trouble for the party down the road — by masking the long-...

Mexico's Federal Institute of Telecommunications, Ifetel, which assumed oversight of the country's $30 billion telecommunications industry last September, is busy making moves that could reshape the country's TV, cable and telco businesses -- and open up the field to outside investors.
In the past few weeks, it enacted regulations meant to smooth the way for new over-the-air broadcasters to enter the market, enacted must-carry, must-offer rules that apply to the nation's TV duopoly of Televisa and TV...

It's no picnic for today's managers, especially those who recently have taken over a new group of employees. And the work just keeps on coming. Recent research by CEB, an Arlington, Va.-based member-based advisory company, indicates that 65 percent of senior staff members are being asked to deliver business results faster while 54 percent are dealing with shifts in their job responsibilities.
Couple those increasing demands with the task of working with a team that has a long-established relationship and...